{"product_id":"the-control-agenda-a-history-of-the-strategic-arms-limitation-talks-hardback-9781501713743","title":"The Control Agenda; A History of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (Hardback) 9781501713743","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Control Agenda\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA History of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMatthew J. Ambrose (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501713743\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 April 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e282 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmbrose is no ideologue or partisan. He is clear that the collapse of arms-limitation negotiations would have been far worse than the flawed process. But he is clear-eyed about how efforts at arms reduction struggled in the face of stronger factors.\u003c\/p\u003e (Survival) \u003cp\u003e[A] timely, well-researched and finely articulated account on the history of the SALT process of arms control.\u003c\/p\u003e (Sehepunkte)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Control Agenda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a sweeping account of the history of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT), their rise in the Nixon and Ford administrations, their downfall under President Carter, and their powerful legacies in the Reagan years and beyond.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMatthew Ambrose pays close attention to the interplay of diplomacy, domestic politics, and technology, and finds that the SALT process was a key point of reference for arguments regarding all forms of Cold War decision making. Ambrose argues elite U.S. decision makers used SALT to better manage their restive domestic populations and to exert greater control over the shape, structure, and direction of their nuclear arsenals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmbrose also asserts that prolonged engagement with arms control issues introduced dynamic effects into nuclear policy. Arms control considerations came to influence most areas of defense decision making, while the measure of stability SALT provided allowed the examination of new and potentially dangerous nuclear doctrines. \u003ci\u003eThe Control Agenda\u003c\/i\u003e makes clear that verification and compliance concerns by the United States prompted continuous reassessments of Soviet capabilities and intentions; assessments that later undergirded key U.S. policy changes toward the Soviet Union. Through SALT's many twists and turns, accusations and countercharges, secret backchannels and propaganda campaigns the specter of nuclear conflict loomed large.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Arms Control\u003cbr\u003e 2. Negotiation\u003cbr\u003e 3. Aftermath and Adaptation\u003cbr\u003e 4. \"In Good Faith\"\u003cbr\u003e 5. \"Thinking Out Loud\"\u003cbr\u003e 6. \"Summary—Bleak\"\u003cbr\u003e 7. INF\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52743753433368,"sku":"9781501713743","price":37.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-control-agenda-a-history-of-the-strategic-arms-limitation-talks-hardback-9781501713743","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}